Quotes with standing

Quotes 61 till 80 of 86.

  • John Stuart Mill The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
    John Stuart Mill
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • William Blake The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Carlos Gershenson The meaning of life does not depend on where one is standing, but on towards where one is heading.
    Original: El sentido de la vida depende no de donde se encuentre uno sino de adonde se dirija.
    Zire Notes May 2004 December 2006
    Carlos Gershenson
    Mexican author and academic (1978 - )
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  • Campbell Brown The president has been more than willing to challenge the National Rifle Association, but that is like a Republican president standing up to labor unions - not a move that risks anything with his core supporters. Mr. Obama could show some real bravery by taking on Hollywood.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Bob Dylan The vagabond who's rapping at your door,
    Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
    Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Betty Grable There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.
    Betty Grable
    American actress, model, and singer (1916 - 1973)
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  • Jean Baudrillard There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Steven Wright There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot.
    Steven Wright
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer (1955 - )
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  • Ansel Adams These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago... I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they in turn seem to be aware of me.
    Ansel Adams
    American landscape photographer and environmentalist (1902 - 1984)
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  • Bruce Jackson They say the death of a parent puts you in time because that means there's now no generation standing between you and ordinary death: you're next. I don't buy it.
    Bruce Jackson
    American folklorist, documentary filmmaker and writer (1936 - )
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  • Blair Underwood To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it can make a man with its black arts - a mere shadow and reminiscence of humanity, a man laid out alive and standing, and already, as one may say, buried under arms with funeral accompaniments.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • David Sarnoff We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.
    David Sarnoff
    American Entrepreneur (1891 - 1971)
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  • Ronald Reagan We have so many people who can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion that the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one!
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Ben Okri We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing on nothing. It was the strangest thing. Her passing away ripped the solidity out of the world.
    Ben Okri
    Nigerian poet and novelist (1959 - )
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  • Bill Parcells Well, I've had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they've been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I've used them for many, many years.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Edgar W. Howe What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Bee Wilson When someone watches us eating, we feel exposed. We might also harbor a suspicion that the person staring wants to steal food from our plate. The taboo, in any case, is long-standing.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Bridget Moynahan When you're suddenly pregnant and no one is standing by your side, even if you're in your 30s, it's a hard conversation. I'm a traditional girl, and I believe in marriage, and I just always thought that's the way I'd be doing this.
    Bridget Moynahan
    American actress and model (1971 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I'm on a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint of time, standing on the foreboding - yet beautiful - Sea of Tranquility. I could see our shining blue planet Earth poised in the darkness of space.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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